Education In Afghanistan

'80% of existing schools were either severely damaged or destroyed as a result of foreign occupation, civil war and political efforts to limit education to the general population.' A.R.O.


And as much of this is result of foreign influence i have strong feelings and a belief that we in the developed world have some responsibility, the resources and the knowledge to help the Afghan population to develop a more stable environment for its future children.

In the UK we have a particularly renowned education system and as a result if we were to help and influence, what would otherwise be uneducated children, we create a new schooling system which would leap fog years of development.

43.1% of Afghan males are Literate and only 12.6% of females. This is extremely low and the whole of the Afghan population needs to be educated, not just the children. There is a common mindset in some of the Afghan population that girls should not attend school and be at home doing house work everyday and as a result very few of girls and women get an education.

There are many different situations in Afghanistan which parents no choice but to keep their children at home and not send them to school and this needs to change. Every child has the right to an education!